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The 1896 medal Queen Victoria gave to Ghanaian soldiers who fought in a war

Decorating servicemen and women with honours have long been a tradition of colonial and post-colonial regimes. These specially made medallions are usually embossed with seals, images, and dates to depict the very occasion for which they are given to the brave men and women who earn the right to be …

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‘For the first time in my life, I borrowed money to pay tax to the government’ – Yonny Kulendi

His Lordship Yonny Kulendi of the Supreme Court of Ghana has bemoaned the challenges facing public servants in Ghana. In a recent speech, he highlighted the pressure that comes with being a public servant explaining that people in the community assume holding a big position in government automatically meant one is well-to-do. …

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FLASHBACK: How Ghana’s central bank was formed in the 1950s

Across the world, central banks play key roles in developing policies, regulation, and the management of a country’s finances, assets and other related securities. For Ghana, what many know as the Bank of Ghana did not only start from the idea of being a Central Bank in the 1950s. According to a …

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The tragic death of two heroic police officers in 1998, Kwaku Ninja and Taller’s story

They were two of the Ghana Police Service’s notable officers until the icy hands of death snatched them in November 1998. The shock, disbelief and anguish that gutted the Service, and the entire nation, could literally be felt on the skin. Owusu Sekyere, popularly known as ‘Kwaku Ninja’, and Jerry Wornu, …

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Silly! Frimpong Boateng reported me to the president to do what? – Gabby fumes

Cousin to President Nana Akufo Addo and senior partner of Africa Legal Associates, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has described as silly, an account suggesting that a former minister reported him (Gabby) to the president for interfering with the galamsey fight. “He is going to report me to the president as if he is …

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This entrepreneur is the first black woman to win a US patent for disposable underwear

Patricia Kayanga is an innovator, eco-friendly entrepreneur, and founder of Ohhs disposable underwear. She recently became the first black woman to hold a U.S. patent for disposable underwear made out of bamboo. Speaking on how it feels to make history as the first black person to own a patent for …

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All the big names listed as galamsey ‘culprits’ in Prof. Frimpong’s report

Former Environment Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has been in the news following a 36-page statement he released on illegal small-scale mining in Ghana. The former Minister, while submitting a report on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), not only cited the challenges the committee faced …

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Who leads the CPP as party opens nomination for flagbearehip race?

The Convention Peoples Party has open Nomination for its flagbearship contestants at its Head Quaters at Asylum down in Accra. The Congress committee Headed by Wing Commander Patrick Sorbodjor (RTD) as it chairman begun meetings to bring out the modalities which included Nomination Fees and Filling Fees after the Central …

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The second coming of Mahama is like the return of Coach Milo – Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has stated that former president John Dramani Mahama has nothing to offer Ghanaians anymore. According to Wontumi, John Mahama’s second coming is comparable to the return of former coach of the Black Stars, Milovan Rajevac, who …

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